The Complete D.R. & Quinch (The Alan Moore Collection)

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D.R. & Quinch's anarchic humour was popular with its original audiences — the feature won the 1985 Eagle Award (for comics published in 1984) for Character Most Worthy of Own Title; and the supporting characters Pulger and Chrysoprasia were both nominated for Favourite Supporting Character. [6] In addition, the first collection of stories, D.R. & Quinch's Totally Awesome Guide to Life, won the 1987 Eagle Award for Favourite Comic Album. [7] Love Makes You Evil: Chrysoprasia's reaction upon finding out what the real Waldo Dobbs is actually like, and thus inspiring her transformation into Crazy Chryssie. D.R. and Quinch - Definitive Edition ( Fleetway, 1991 ISBN 1-85386-255-X) which contains only the Moore/Davis stories in color No Celebrities Were Harmed: Subverted for as far as legal rights can go. The story "D.R. & Quinch Go to Hollywood" consists of several alien characters who look like caricatures of various Hollywood legends; the main one, based on Marlon Brando, is always called "Marlon." AD announces all-ages title for Free Comic Book Day 2018 | 2000 AD". 2000ad.com. 19 December 2017 . Retrieved 2017-12-21.

I shall review this gleefully irreverent, anarchic parade of hilarious dark sci-fi comedy in the style in which it is narrated: The pair's last storyline, "D.R. and Quinch Go to Hollywood," ran from progs 363 to 367 and is considered to be Moore and Davis's finest D.R. and Quinch story. [4] However, at the time, the Moore/Davis partnership was undergoing strain due to Moore refusing permission for their Captain Britain work to be reprinted. The pair's last D.R. and Quinch work together was in the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special in 1985. The Bermuda Triangle: In D.R. & Quinch Have Fun On Earth, one of the segments of the eponymous duo's adventure through time that sees them influence the course of history on some Insignificant Little Blue Planet features Quinch recalling a time with his buddy "while cruising just off Bermuda" and trying to pull in human aircrafts towards their ship with a Tractor Beam "to get a better look at them," only for the beam's force to break apart the fragile planes. Callahan, Tim (7 May 2012). "The Great Alan Moore Reread: D.R. & Quinch". Tor . Retrieved 31 May 2016.

Origin

Waldo "Diminished Responsibility" Dobbs is an alien delinquent with an IQ of 280. After being released from reform school he enrolled in college and befriended fellow student Ernest Quinch, a certified psychotic deviant who shared his love of guns, explosives and fighting, together nuking the Phi-Delta Frat House. DR and Quinch Have Fun On Earth Molcher, Michael (2015). "Man on the Outside: Alan Moore". 2000 AD: The Creator Interviews: Volume 2. Oxford: 2000 AD Books. ISBN 9781849979849. a b Lebel, Mario. "The Complete D.R. & Quinch: Alan Moore's Sci-Fi Fun Time". Sequart Organization . Retrieved 31 May 2016.

Shout-Out: The oranges that crush Marlon in "D.R. & Quinch Go to Hollywood" are a clear reference to The Godfather in how they always signify that danger is looming a character. Both stories also include Marlon Brando, cementing this as a clear movie reference. With a somewhat perturbed Quinch in tow she invaded the opening performance of Bleating Heart with guns blazing, but found DR annoyed that she had interrupted his performance rather than won over by her new attitude. When the police arrived and asked the atypically respectable looking DR whether Quinch or Chryssie was responsible for the chaos, he pointed them to his now ex-girlfriend, who was led away begging for him to wait for her. Unsure how he could have fallen in love with such a hideous being, DR concluded he had been the victim of temporary insanity caused by trace chemicals in a recent takeaway meal, and Quinch reaffirmed their friendship by giving DR a thorium bomb tactical thermonuclear weapon with which to avenge himself on the restaurant in question. DR and Quinch Get Drafted a b Nolen-Weathington, Eric (2006). Alan Davis. Raleigh, N.C.: TwoMorrows. p.40. ISBN 9781893905191. a b c Parkin, Lance (2013). Magic Words: The Extraordinary Life of Alan Moore. London: Aurum Press Ltd. p.156. ISBN 9781781310779. Historical In-Joke: D.R. & Quinch's first adventure ever is based entirely on how they influenced Earth's history and development as part of an elaborate revenge scheme against their college dean.The eventual, easily foreseeable, violent climax at Massacre House becomes known as "The Massacre House Massacre" in the media.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Done at the beginning of just about every adventure with whichever character is narrating the story making reference to the "totally amazing, well-written, awesome adventure" that we're about to read about. Soon after, to Quinch's distress, DR fell in love with the new drama coach's daughter, Chrysoprasia, instantly becoming well mannered and straight laced to fit her illusion of him, even becoming the romantic co-lead with her in her father's new play, "The Bleating Heart." Unwilling to lose his best friend, Quinch kidnapped Chrysoprasia and subjected her to home movies of his and DR's past depravities, hoping to convince her to dump DR. Instead she went insane, deciding she was unworthy of the true DR and trying to remake herself in his image as Crazy Chryssie. D.R. and Quinch began in 2000 AD as a one-off comic in the Time Twisters series titled “D.R. and Quinch Have Fun On Earth”. The characters were initially meant to only appear once but they proved so popular that they were given their own semi-regular series. [1]So to start with, like, D.R. and Quinch travel through time and mess with Earth's history and stuff, and then totally blow the whole place up. It's funny because no-one cares about us boring mud-drinking humans. Then afterwards, like, they get arrested - not for blowing the Earth up, for a bunch of other stuff - and they have to persuade this totally square judge that they're "reformed characters". Not gonna spoil it, but they get off the hook and get revenge in, like, a totally sweet way. In any event, as a long term reader of 2000AD comic (I started with issue 1 in 1977) one of my early introductions to Moore's work was this lesser known series of somewhat madcap and subversive humour. I loved it. Humans Are Morons: Plays a large role in "D.R. & Quinch Have Fun on Earth." When humans finally discover the alien life and society the title character's corner of the galaxy, they're given a civic reception at "The League of Disadvantaged Planets' Charity Hall" because everyone thinks they're "mindless lifeforms." I Don't Like the Sound of That Place: The duo's charity project for war-torn veterans from the Ghoyogi Slime Wars, "Massacre House: A charitable institution caring for threatening ugly men with guns and unstable personalities."

Battle Cry: "The Official Space Marines War-Cry" is claimed to be "EAT PLUTONIUM DEATH, YOU DISGUSTING ALIEN WEIRDOS!" Creating the comedy adventures of nihilistic alien delinquents now seems a trivial sideline for early 1980s Alan Moore, but it’s proved lastingly popular, with at least five editions since the first collection in 1986, one a deluxe hardcover. Moore rapidly conceded Waldo ‘D.R.’ Dobbs and Ernest Errol Quinch were based on a feature running in National Lampoon, but that was set in the present day on Earth, and Moore upped the ante considerably. D.R., standing for diminished responsibility, and Quinch have the science of the future at their disposal, including time travel and awesome weapons, and theirs is a world of no consequence violence with massive casualties. So then later, D.R. and Quinch get, like, drafted into the army, and they're like "yeah!" because they get to shoot some totally bodacious guns. But their drill sergeant is, like, a total square, and then they get posted to this slime-jungle, and some crazy stuff happens. a b Wolk, Douglas (18 June 2010). "Emanata: Something Something Oranges Something". Time . Retrieved 31 May 2016.Time Twisters: D.R. and Quinch Have Fun On Earth" (written by Alan Moore, art by Alan Davis, in 2000AD #317, 1983) [1]